Following on from another thread about home made gear , sometime back I had time on my hands , little cash and the desire for a beauty dish .... so I made one ! Now the other day I was shooting at a studio and decided to do a side by side , mine against a professional one costing around £120 ( $175 ish ) .

Guess which is which, and let me have your reasons for thinking this pls.

They were both shot with the same light and camera setting, I just got the model to stand as still as possible while I changed the dishes ! and both are straight from the camera , no processing other than standard lr / cs6 generic !

However , if you think they could be shot with the same dish , I guess that means my cheap home made one cant be that bad !

I am tho rather curious as to why there is a colour change, I tried editing one to match the other and couldn't even get close !

I am also very interested in the comments about usage... I am definately not an expert, and from what I have read the ideal position is from 12 - 24 inches from the model and about the same higher than the head. Maybe I should have had it a bit higher , but I am looking to get feedback from those of you who use these things regularly.

Not identical. Close. Similar, but just look at the size of the BD and the crown molding in the two images. Not the same view.

Do you not have a tripod to keep the camera in the exact same position?
Do you not have a light stand to keep the BD in the exact same position?

You are essentially asking us to critique your DIY BD. I suggest the other forum for that.

Each set of 3 images were taken with the bd on a stand and with the camera on a tripod, there probably was a small amount of movement between the 2 sets of 3 tho. And no I am not looking for a critique or it would be somewhere else ! I originally made the post as a bit of fun to see who could guess which image was taken with the real BD and which was taken with mine, although subsequently due to a few comments decided to ask for help on how to use a bd better as it was suggested the results could be improved! And I for one dont think my skills are beyond improvement!